A Nigerian woman travelling to Europe has been nabbed at the Julius Nyerere International Airport, Tanzania’s main gateway, after she was found to be carrying 99 pellets of suspected illicit drugs in her luggage.
According to the airport police, the 25-year-old businesswoman from the Nigerian capital city of Abuja was taken into custody late Wednesday after an electronic monitor at the check-in counter revealed pellets in the luggage.
Airport police commander Renatus Chalya said the lady entered Tanzania on 30 Aug. 2013 after travelling from Abuja, and she was on her way to France.
Her flight ticket showed she was headed for Paris on Ethiopian Airline and from there she would connect to Rome before taking another flight back to Abuja.
Without revealing her name, the police officer said that she carried a Nigerian passport with serial number A03306799.
She purportedly came to Tanzania “in search of a market for shoes and handbags,” he said.
According to Chalya, the pellets which were stuffed in body lotion and baby powder containers would be taken to the Chief Government Chemist to establish their type, weight and value before further action could be taken on the suspect.
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